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David Jennings

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David Jennings

Birth
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Death
22 Mar 1794 (aged 52)
Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Migrated west from Scotch Plains, NJ, following same path and stops as Benjamin Stites, founder of Columbia. David and Benjamin both lived in the vicinity of Scotch Plains, NJ, both stopped several years around Frederick Co., VA, and both then resided Morgan Twp., Washington Co., PA, where David served in the militia under Stites. David followed Stites in the second group to Columbia about 1790. No marker, but letter of Ezra Ferris, a contemporary of David, says he is buried here (see Indiana Historical Publications, vol.I, nmbr IX, "The Early Settlement of the Miami Country", pg 353, Letter XL).
https://archive.org/stream/indianahistoric04socigoog#page/n359/

Married Sarah Cushman(1743-c1827) in New Providence, NJ. She is a proven Mayflower descendant (MF23:198). Children: Cyrenius(1766-1839), Mary(1768-1827), Levi(1771-1837), Henry(1775-1839), Sarah(1777-1811), Rhoda(1780-1827), Hannah(1782-1834).
Migrated west from Scotch Plains, NJ, following same path and stops as Benjamin Stites, founder of Columbia. David and Benjamin both lived in the vicinity of Scotch Plains, NJ, both stopped several years around Frederick Co., VA, and both then resided Morgan Twp., Washington Co., PA, where David served in the militia under Stites. David followed Stites in the second group to Columbia about 1790. No marker, but letter of Ezra Ferris, a contemporary of David, says he is buried here (see Indiana Historical Publications, vol.I, nmbr IX, "The Early Settlement of the Miami Country", pg 353, Letter XL).
https://archive.org/stream/indianahistoric04socigoog#page/n359/

Married Sarah Cushman(1743-c1827) in New Providence, NJ. She is a proven Mayflower descendant (MF23:198). Children: Cyrenius(1766-1839), Mary(1768-1827), Levi(1771-1837), Henry(1775-1839), Sarah(1777-1811), Rhoda(1780-1827), Hannah(1782-1834).


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  • Created by: Andrew Hain
  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103397920/david-jennings: accessed ), memorial page for David Jennings (18 Apr 1741–22 Mar 1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103397920, citing Columbia Baptist Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Andrew Hain (contributor 47916206).